Ok, I have a question.
...I don't have my puppy for another month yet, but yes I have a specific training/behaviour question.
What do you do if your puppy is in a crate overnight and, as is natural, whines when he/she needs out to go pee. You can't NOT taking him/her out because he/she probably DOES have to go pee and you don't want an accident. But you also can't take him/her out if he/she is whining because then it reinforces that behaviour.
I know the common answer will be "just take the puppy out BEFORE the whining starts", but what if you don't catch it in time! What if you set the alarm for every 30 or 60 minutes, but the pup still starts whining before you're set to take him/her out. There just may not be time to wait until the whining stops before getting him/her out. I'd hate to think of the pup with a little bursting bladder. But I also understand that you can't take the pup out when it whines because then you get a whiney pup.
Ideas?
...I don't have my puppy for another month yet, but yes I have a specific training/behaviour question.
What do you do if your puppy is in a crate overnight and, as is natural, whines when he/she needs out to go pee. You can't NOT taking him/her out because he/she probably DOES have to go pee and you don't want an accident. But you also can't take him/her out if he/she is whining because then it reinforces that behaviour.
I know the common answer will be "just take the puppy out BEFORE the whining starts", but what if you don't catch it in time! What if you set the alarm for every 30 or 60 minutes, but the pup still starts whining before you're set to take him/her out. There just may not be time to wait until the whining stops before getting him/her out. I'd hate to think of the pup with a little bursting bladder. But I also understand that you can't take the pup out when it whines because then you get a whiney pup.
Ideas?